Dance/Movement Therapy and Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: A Reflection of Clinical Practices and History

Dance/movement therapy (DMT) is a strengths-based approach to psychotherapy that uses dance and movement as the primary form of communication, while emphasizing relationship in addition verbal dialogue. Positive negative symptomatology diagnosis on schizophrenia spectrum often disrupt organized thinking, orientation reality, overall functioning, healthy relationships. Therefore, body-based psychotherapeutic can be pragmatic way support, join, process with people who have disorder (SSD). This paper explores positive symptoms SSD, bodily manifestations these symptoms, particular ways use DMT psychosocial treatment option. The creativity this population support focused personal strengths, individuality, community development, unconditional acceptance. grounded historical framework DMT, particularly considering theoretical work Marian Chace Trudi Schoop. also substantiated anecdotally through authors’ respective clinical practice individuals diagnosed individual research working experiencing acute chronic SSD. A brief overview current has been included.